Mirya Holman

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Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about local politics and the many failures of local democracy.

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why did we stop sending men to the moon. So many men could fit up there

My strongest held travel view is that all y'all are packing too much shit on your trips. Stop with the giant bags! Bring clothes you can wear more than once! Do laundry!

Even Taylor does professor hands when she's talking in front of a big audience

Anyone who has ever met a middle schooler knew this was the future

Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pennsylvania, impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos on TikTok. The incident is the first known mass attack of its kind by middle schoolers on their teachers in the U.S.

Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their Schoolnyti.ms Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pa., impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos in the first known mass attack of its kind in the U.S.

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Because this week wasn’t busy enough, I’m thrilled to have a new publication to share, the first from my PhD dissertation! @paytongannon.bsky.social & I theorize about the role of the Catholic Church & the role of European national identity in the development of abortion policy… 1/ Polisky Gendersky

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#Metoo ruined lives: the women’s. For the summer issue of Bookforum, I wrote about Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir “One Way Back,” the aftermath of disclosure, and what it means to be a public survivor when storytelling has proven futile. www.bookforum.com/culture/disp...

Disposable Heroeswww.bookforum.com Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir captures the hazards of “coming forward” – Moira Donegan

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This is an appalling and horrifying story about the attacks researchers like @katestarbird.bsky.social undergo by those determined to silence any who call out their disinformation and other underhanded tactics. Very similar to what climate scientists experience but with even MORE vitriol.

Nature spoke to political scientists from around the world whose work has flung them into both the public and political limelight, sometimes with drastic consequences for their personal and professional lives. 🧪

‘It can feel like there’s no way out’ — political scientists face pushback on their workgo.nature.com In a year in which numerous countries are going to the polls, many election-watching scientists are under pressure. In a year in which numerous countries are going to the polls, many election-watching...

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Violent metaphors in contemporary American Evangelical Christianity are perhaps the central figure in my villain (aka academic) origin story.

I've written for years about the Christian right's calls for "spiritual warfare" against demonic enemies of Christian America. They used to claim their struggle is against "powers and principalities" not "flesh and blood," citing Ephesians 6:12. But it was still dangerous. Now we see how.

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

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There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.

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Yes I ended my talk with a poetry reading. I send this poem to my parents every 4th of July. Here it is in full if you've never read it: poets.org/poem/let-ame...

In my early career award lecture at AERA last weekend, I ended my talk with a reading of an excerpt from Let America Be America Again

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we saw you from across the bar and were wondering if you'd contribute to our edited volume

I know it would be hard to travel with, but considering investing in one of those big hooks to pull people off stage when they go too long at conferences

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honestly they’re kinda cooking with this

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It's officially conference season! Excited to meet lots of interesting people while also sleeping in my own bed this week at EPSA! I'm presenting a new paper with @bcastanho.bsky.social and @jwaeckerle.bsky.social investigating gender + power in parliaments. Come by Saturday morning 10am in MP7-314!

A new #MHAWS is out this morning about some concrete steps you can take when you JUST DON'T WANNA do any work. Big takeaways: Eat dessert first Start small Go touch grass miryaholman.substack.com/p/small-stuff

Small stuffmiryaholman.substack.com How to force yourself to do hard work

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This sums up the USA: rich people steal money from poor people, and then courts punish reporters for writing about it. www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.www.nbcnews.com "The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

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Putting this here because it's like tweeting to the VIP section, but I'm gonna be on a search committee in the fall for a TT job in political science with a "data analytics" specialization. I'm especially keen to hear from PhDs who left for policy/industry that might want another go in academia.

I've done it! I've finally reached the pinnacle of professoring!* *Didn't know when my own panel was at a conference, had to be told by an early career scholar when I tried to schedule a meeting during it 💀💀

A reason I like to travel is that it exposes me to the absolute psychotic behavior of the world. Like: - wearing leather pants on an 11 hr flight - ordering a combo of whiskey, tomato juice, & diet coke w breakfast - 4 adults holding hands & walking slowly in an international airport

Very much enjoying watching @mbjacoby.bsky.social in conversation with Sen Elizabeth Warren about her new book Unjust Debts thenewpress.com/books/unjust...

Unjust Debts | The New Pressthenewpress.com Bankruptcy is the busiest federal court in America. In theory, bankruptcy in America exists to cancel or restructure debts for people and companies that have way too many—a safety valve designed to pr...

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all of this for donald fucking trump of all people

Me, pretty much every day 1. Finishes a task 😁 2. Opens to do list 🤓 3. Oh no, item isn't even on list! 😫 4. Adds item to list 😼 5. Checks item off ☺️ 6. Ignore all the other items on to-do list, pick something else to work on 🙃

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Start your engines! Romancing the Vote is live! First from me: a green-tea processed stinging nettle. If you don’t understand what those words mean, this is a tea that to the best of my knowledge, you can only get in this auction.

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every time I see someone complain about unions I think about how unions were the consensus alternative to the previous system of burning the factory owner alive inside his house

Not making any threats here, just thinking out loud as a historian — do they people brazenly pushing for impunity for the wealthy elites not know what traditionally comes next?

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You see this at the University level constantly; they claim not to have money to fund programs that might actually help students but there’s always $100m for the absolute dumbest shit you’ve ever heard of and when it inevitably fails they’re like welp better close the classics department

six million dollars that could have actually gone to support kids

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Just at the most basic level it is really unhealthy to have to thought about Donald Trump as much as everyone in America has over the last nine or so years. Spending a decade of my life thinking about a super boring, super shitty crook and all the bad stuff he's doing or might do. It's embarrassing.

Political elites don't want you to know that you could be drinking a white wine spritzer in the pool right now